Topic: 2011 GOTY Awards -> Spike TV, G4TV

[MysterD]

NEWEST - 12-27-2011:
GamesTrailer.com -> 2011 Game of The Year Awards.

NEW:
I think I'm gonna revamp this thread into 2011 Game of The Year Awards Thread...

OLD:
Here's the winners Spike TV VGA 2011 Awards...

SPIKE TV VGA 2011 AWARDS:
GAME OF THE YEAR, Best RPG -> The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Studio of the Year -> Bethesda Softworks for Skyrim
Best Action-Adventure Game, Best Adapted Video Game, and Best X360 Game -> Batman: Arkham City
Character of The Year -> Joker for Batman: Arkham City
Most Anticipated Game -> Mass Effect 3
Gamer God Award -> Blizzard Entertainment
1st VGA Hall of Fame Inductee -> Legend of Zelda series w/ Miyamoto.
Best Wii Game, Best Motion Game -> Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Best Fighting Game -> Mortal Kombat
Best Independent Game -> Minecraft
Best PS3 Game, Best Graphics -> Uncharted 3
Best PC Game, Best Multiplayer -> Portal 2
Best DLC -> Portal 2: Peer Review DLC
Best Actor by a Male -> Stephen Merchant as Wheatley in Portal 2
Best Actor by a Female -> Ellen McLain as GLaDOs for Portal 2
Best Downloadable Game, Best Soundtrack -> Bastion
Best Song -> "Build that Wall (Zia's Theme)" by Darren Korb for Bastion
Best Shooter -> Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME -> Fight Night Champion
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME -> NBA 2K12
BEST DRIVING GAME -> Forza Motorsport 4
TRAILER OF THE YEAR -> Assassin's Creed: Revelations – E3 2011 Trailer
BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME -> Super Mario 3D Land


TRAILERS:
Tony Hawk: Pro Skater HD
The Last Of Us by Naughty Dog -> a zombie-like fungus apocalyptic survival-horror game.
Mass Effect 3 by BioWare
Command and Conquer: Generals 2 on Frostbite 2 Engine by BioWare
Rainbow Six: Patriots by UbiSoft
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
The Amazing Spider-Man
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Fortnite by Epic Games
Diablo III
Bioshock: Infinite
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

[idolminds]

Downloading The Last of Us trailer. Sounds interesting.

[MysterD]

Gotta love how the show's been on one hour and we've only seen two awards handed out - for Batman: AC and Zelda

EDIT:
Yet, they just blew through a shit-ton of award winners in like 30 seconds...and I couldn't keep up!
WTF?!?!?

[W7RE]

The 3 Bastion awards weren't even given away during the show, it was during the online pre-show.

[iPPi]

The Diablo III opening cinematic is pretty awesome.

[MysterD]

The 3 Bastion awards weren't even given away during the show, it was during the online pre-show.

Which is a damn shame.
They should've given out MORE awards DURING the show.

Whipping through the winners quickly before a commercial break was garbage.

They should've done less comedy-skit bullshit.
As much as I like Felicia Day, I really don't need to see her clinging to a wall in a Spider-Man outfit.

At least, the list of winners came out quite decently this year, I guess.

[TheOtherBelmont]

The only thing good that came out of the VGA awards was the trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengenace.  Metal Gear game being developed by Platinum?  How much of my money do you want and where do I send it?

[W7RE]

The only thing good that came out of the VGA awards was the trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengenace.  Metal Gear game being developed by Platinum?  How much of my money do you want and where do I send it?

I thought it seemed a bit action heavy from the trailer. I didn't realize it was Platinum.

[PyroMenace]

Spike TV... you have once again successfully trolled the gaming industry. Good show.

[MysterD]

Mark Hamill and Tara Strong complain about the VGA's over Twitter.
BTW - Hamill voiced Joker, Strong voiced Harle Quinn in Batman: Arkham City.

Basically, they both complain that they had horrible "nose-bleed" bleacher seats AND weren't even mentioned for their VO work...and they BOTH were nominated for awards...
WTF??!?!

Neither won, BTW.

[MysterD]

G4TV -> Best of 2011 Awards.

GAME OF THE YEAR - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME -> The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME -> Batman: Arkham City
BEST ART DIRECTION -> Batman: Arkham City
BEST ANIMATION -> NBA 2K12
BEST SPORTS GAME -> NBA 2K12
BEST SOUNDTRACK -> The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
VIDEO GAME DEATHMATCH WINNER -> The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 
BEST MULTIPLAYER CO-OP -> Portal 2
BEST WRITING -> Portal 2
BEST PUZZLE/STRATEGY GAME -> Portal 2
BEST PERFORMANCE NOT BY NOLAN NORTH -> Stephen Merchant - Wheatley - Portal 2
MOST ORIGINAL GAME - Minecraft
BEST GAMEPLAY INNOVATION -> Rocksmith - Teaching Real Guitar
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
BEST PERFORMANCE BY NOLAN NORTH -> Nathan Drake - Uncharted 3
BEST SHOOTER -> Gears of War 3
BEST SOUND DESIGN -> Battlefield 3
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME -> Stacking
BEST DLC -> Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues
BEST RACING GAME -> Forza Motorsport 4
BEST MOBILE GAME -> Infinity Blade 2
BEST FIGHTING GAME -> Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
BEST HANDHELD GAME -> Super Mario 3D Land
BEST GAME THAT USES MOTION CONTROL -> Dance Central 2
BEST REMAKE/RETRO RELEASE -> Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection
BEST TRAILER -> Dead Island

[Xessive]

I'm surprised The Witcher 2 didn't make anything on the list.

[idolminds]

Why is puzzle and strategy lumped together? Do they have some weird limit on the number of completely arbitrary and meaningless awards they are handing out? I guess its a console focused awards list because for the most part consoles don't have strategy games, but still.

[MysterD]

I'm surprised The Witcher 2 didn't make anything on the list.

And G4TV gave that game 5 stars, too.
It probably got lost in the RPG shuffle b/c of Skyrim.